Genome Size and Type of Organism Flashcards
1
Q
What is a Genome?
A
The DNA (or for some viruses RNA) that contains one complete copy of the genetic information.
2
Q
Prokaryotes have what type of DNA
A
circular DNA
3
Q
Eukaryotes have what type of DNA
A
Linear DNA found in: Nucleus
Circular DNA found in: Mitochondria, Plastids
4
Q
how can the genome size be expressed?
A
genome size usually expressed as the number of base pairs (bp).
Kb - thousand
Mb - million
Gb - billion
5
Q
how can genome size vary in organisms
A
usually increases with complexity of the organism
6
Q
what is the genome size of trillium and amoeba compared to humans?
A
Trillium is 30x that of humans
Amoeba is 200x that of humans
